Instrument for observing colored bubble image

ABSTRACT

A coincidence type bubble image observation instrument including a coincidence prism, a bubble tube and a reflecting plate for confirming the coincidence of the bubble image. A color filter of a colored reflecting plate is placed on one side of the split line in opposed relation with a coincidence prism between a reflecting plate and a bubble tube to coloring only the bubble image.

ilnite States Patent ()hyama [451 Sept. 26, 1972 [5 1 INSTRUMENT FOROBSERVING 2,373,249 4/1945 Lurcott ..356/l0 COLORED BUBBLE IMAGE2,427,256 9/1941 Butscher ..350/30 Inventor: Hideki Ohyama, Yokohama,Japan Nippon Kogaku K.K., Tokyo, Japan Oct. 6, 1970 Assignee:

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Foreign Application Priority Data Oct. 6, 1969 Japan ..44/94587 U.S. Cl...356/148, 33/379, 33/389, 350/112, 356/249 Int. Cl. ..G0lc 9/24 Fieldof Search ..356/10, 22, 139, 163, 249, 356/253, 148; 350/110, 111, 112,113, 30; 33/211 References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 7/1912 Wild..356/249 Primary ExaminerRonald L. Wibert Assistant Examiner-Orville B.Chew, ll Atlorney--Ward, McElhannon, Brooks & Fitzpatrick [57] ABSTRACT1 Claim, 5 Drawing Figures INSTRUMENT FOR OBSERVING COLORED BUBBLE IMAGEBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The presentinvention relates to an instrument for observing bubble in which only abubble image is colored.

2. Description of the Prior Art In the conventional instrument of thecoincidence type, it is very difficult to confirm a bubble image incoincidence because of a low contrast between the images and the fieldof vision.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of this invention is to overcome theabove mentioned difficulty.

In brief, this invention provides an instrument for obse'i'ving bubblein which a color filter or a colored reflecting plate is placed on oneside of a dividing line in opposition to a coincidence prism between areflector and a bubble tube so that only a bubble image may be colored.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIG. 1 is a top view of a bubbleobservation instrument in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view viewed in the direction in dicated by thearrow, illustrating the case in which a bubble image is not viewed inthe field of vision;

FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 illustrating a bubble image is viewedin the field of vision; and

FIG. 5 illustrates the field of observation vision.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT the bubble image.

The beam of light reflected by the reflecting plate passes through thecolor filter and then impinges upon the bubble tube. As shown in FIG. 3,when the bubble does not exist in a path of the beam A. the light beam Ais not incident upon the coincidence prism 6 owing to the refraction bythe liquid 3. That is the bubble tube is not viewed in the field ofvision. However, when the bubble 2 is in the path of the light beam B asshown in FIG. 4, the beam of light passing through the color filter 4 isdirected toward the coincidence prism 6 because of the refraction by theliquid 3 and the bubble 2. In this case, the bubble 2 colored by thefilter 4 may be viewed as shown in FIG. 5, where the bubble images aredesignated by 7 and 7'.

Instead of the color filter 4, the lower half 5a of the reflecting plate5 may be colored and the same effect may be ag ain ed.

rom e oregorng, it is seen that the light beam passing through thebubble is colored while the beam of light not passing through the bubbleis not colored so that the colored bubble image may be viewed in thefield of vision with ease.

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:

1. In a coincidence type bubble image observation instrument, saidinstrument including a longitudinally elongated bubble tube having afirst end and an opposite second end;

a liquid contained in the bubble tube, the liquid having a bubbletherein;

a tube illuminating means arranged below the bubble tube forilluminating said liquid and said bubble; and

an optical system arranged above the bubble tube,

the optical system having a first reflecting surface for reflectinglight beam from a portion of said first end, a second reflecting surfacefor reflecting light beam from a portion of said second end, and anoptical component leading said two reflected light beams to the samefield of view, convexities of the images in the field being turned inthe same direction;

a colored filter disposed between the bubble tube and the illuminatingmeans, whereby the colored light beams from said one end and said secondend are incident on the first and second reflecting surfaces,respectively.

1. In a coincidence type bubble image observation instrument, said instrument including a longitudinally elongated bubble tube having a first end and an opposite second end; a liquid contained in the bubble tube, the liquid having a bubble therein; a tube illuminating means arranged below the bubble tube for illuminating said liquid and said bubble; and an optical system arranged above the bubble tube, the optical system having a first reflecting surface for reflecting light beam from a portion of said first end, a second reflecting surface for reflecting light beam from a portion of said second end, and an optical component leading said two reflected light beams to the same field of view, convexities of the images in the field being turned in the same direction; a colored filter disposed between the bubble tube and the illuminating means, whereby the colored light beams from said one end and said second end are incident on the first and second reflecting surfaces, respectively. 